From 21a2c81da47a771fea8e5f751400763f270a0eb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neels Hofmeyr Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 01:01:39 +0100 Subject: manual: add "Multiple Instances" section, akin to other manuals Related: OS#2767 Change-Id: Ideb137f19d19144d35b05eb036098045bbb18d64 --- doc/manuals/chapters/running.adoc | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/manuals/chapters/running.adoc b/doc/manuals/chapters/running.adoc index 995fd88fb..9348f6950 100644 --- a/doc/manuals/chapters/running.adoc +++ b/doc/manuals/chapters/running.adoc @@ -40,3 +40,70 @@ arguments: *-r, --rf-ctl 'RFCTL'*:: Offer a Unix domain socket for RF control at the path/filename 'RFCTL' in the file system. + + +=== Multiple instances + +Running multiple instances of `osmo-bsc` on the same host is possible if all +interfaces (VTY, CTRL) are separated using the appropriate configuration +options. The IP based interfaces are binding to local host by default. In order +to separate the processes, the user has to bind those services to specific but +different IP addresses and/or ports. + +The VTY and the Control interface can be bound to IP addresses from the loopback +address range, for example: + +---- +line vty + bind 127.0.0.2 +ctrl + bind 127.0.0.2 +---- + +For the following links, OsmoBSC acts as a client and does not listen/bind to a +specific interface, and will hence not encounter conflicts for multiple instances +running on the same interface: + +- The SCCP/M3UA links are established by OsmoBSC contacting an STP. +- The MGCP link is established by OsmoMSC contacting an MGW. + +To run multiple OsmoBSC instances on the same A-interface (SCCP/M3UA), each BSC +has to configure a distinct point-code. + + +=== Configure primary links + +==== Configure SCCP/M3UA to connect to an MSC's _A_ interface + +OsmoBSC acts as client to contact an STP instance and establish an SCCP/M3UA +link. + +An example configuration of OsmoBSC's AoIP SCCP link, assuming the BSC at +point-code 1.23.3 and the MSC reachable at point-code 0.23.1 via an SG +listening for M3UA at 127.0.0.1:2905: + +---- +cs7 instance 0 + point-code 1.23.3 + asp asp-clnt-msc-0 2905 0 m3ua + remote-ip 127.0.0.1 + sctp-role client + sccp-address msc + point-code 0.23.1 +msc 0 + msc-address msc +---- + +==== Configure MGCP to connect to an MGW + +OsmoBSC uses a media gateway (typically OsmoMGW) to direct RTP streams. By +default, an MGW is expected to receive MGCP requests on the IANA-registered +default port for MGCP (2427) on local host (127.0.0.1). + +Here is an example configuration for a remote MGW: + +---- +msc 0 + mgw remote-ip 10.9.8.7 + mgw remote-port 2427 +---- -- cgit v1.2.3